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Feb.14.2013
I discovered a new American poet, Hailey Leithauser, through her poems "Was you ever bit by a dead bee?" and "O, She Says" marked by palindromes (bad dab, o gnat tango!) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palindrome
In the first poem, "a muscular sensuality of language" and "grittiness of...
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Jan.24.2013
Poetry has been declared dead – or on life support – for years. I did a search of my blog and found a dozen entries back to 2005 where I've written about some pundit burying poetry before its time. Alexandra Petri is the latest undertaker in a Washington Post op-ed in the wake of Richard...
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Jan.22.2013
1) Mary Kinzie takes on Louise Bogan’s poem “Medusa” and explains what makes it a great poem. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/audioitem/2666
I had come to the house, in a cave of trees,
Facing a sheer sky.
Everything moved, —a bell hung ready to strike,
Sun and reflection wheeled by...
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Dec.10.2011
No Place for the Little Lyric / Poetry Off the Shelf : The Poetry Foundation
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No Place for the Little Lyric @ The Poetry Foundation
Should Adrienne Rich be the poet laureate of the Occupy movement?
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Mar.25.2009
I post twice a week here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/
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